St. Joe Bay - Stump Hole - 6/10-6/18
Posted: June 19th, 2006, 3:19 pm
Me and my buddy floated the bay in kayaks in the vicinity of the Stump Hole, Cape San Blas. 6/10-6/18
First day was slow, only taking one red on a Skitter Walk. We had a few other blow ups, but no hooks ups.
As Alberto approached and the full moon set up some really high tides, the fishing picked up quick. We also switched up our approach a little and went to fishing "Gulp" saltwater soft plastics under a CT. Both the reds and specks were going after the Gulps pretty good. We probably averaged about 5 nice fish a day each, with a few lunker reds and one or two gator trouts......everything else was decent size.
The few days after Alberto passed things slowed a little. We still managed about 5 fish per day, however the size seemed to go down. We started catching a lot of smaller trout with an occasional nice size red.
By the 17th and 18th things stayed on the slow side. One or two nice fish per day with lots of small trout and trash fish. My buddy became real good at catching catfish, ladyfish, little blues, and pins.
All week the top water bite was slow, however all fish taken on top water were large (2 reds, 1 gator trout). Skitter walk, Spook, and jumbo Chug Bug.
I would recomend trying out the Gulp (3" Pogy or Shrimp) under a CT. It produced nice results and we didn't have to worry about keeping live bait alive.
Tight lines.......screaming drag!
PS.....Got pulled out into the bay about 500 yards by something huge on the second day. It spooled me about three times before the line got under his gill plate and snapped.
First day was slow, only taking one red on a Skitter Walk. We had a few other blow ups, but no hooks ups.
As Alberto approached and the full moon set up some really high tides, the fishing picked up quick. We also switched up our approach a little and went to fishing "Gulp" saltwater soft plastics under a CT. Both the reds and specks were going after the Gulps pretty good. We probably averaged about 5 nice fish a day each, with a few lunker reds and one or two gator trouts......everything else was decent size.
The few days after Alberto passed things slowed a little. We still managed about 5 fish per day, however the size seemed to go down. We started catching a lot of smaller trout with an occasional nice size red.
By the 17th and 18th things stayed on the slow side. One or two nice fish per day with lots of small trout and trash fish. My buddy became real good at catching catfish, ladyfish, little blues, and pins.
All week the top water bite was slow, however all fish taken on top water were large (2 reds, 1 gator trout). Skitter walk, Spook, and jumbo Chug Bug.
I would recomend trying out the Gulp (3" Pogy or Shrimp) under a CT. It produced nice results and we didn't have to worry about keeping live bait alive.
Tight lines.......screaming drag!
PS.....Got pulled out into the bay about 500 yards by something huge on the second day. It spooled me about three times before the line got under his gill plate and snapped.
